Demographic change, climate change, and the current state of public finances inevitably call for further reforms in Germany. But is there acceptance for such reforms at the moment? In a study on behalf of…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz received the "Merkur", the top award of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Stuttgart Region (IHK Region Stuttgart). IHK honours personalities who rendered…
Maiting Zhuang was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Group "Growth and Business Cycles" from November 5-16, 2012. Maiting Zhuang is a eurozone analyst at the Bank of England in London and is currently…
In November 2012, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the KfW Bankengruppe jointly presented the current report on the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel. Under the title "Start with Strategy – Labour…
Experts and executives from government institutions from China, Burma, and Vietnam successfully concluded the qualification programme “Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies” (MPS+) at the Centre for European…
Dr. Marcel Fratzscher addressed a controversial issue that is currently fuelling worldwide political debate at the ZEW Research Seminar: he discussed the results of a study on the global impact of the monetary…
Since the middle of the last decade the situation on the German labour market has made a significant change for the better. The number of people in employment increased by 2.7 million between 2005 and 2012.…
Despite the strains of the European debt crisis, Germany's economy has remained fairly stable relative to other eurozone countries. This is the conclusion of the latest Joint Economic Forecast (or…
ZEW employee Lisa Sattel completed her apprenticeship as an office communication assistant and a foreign language correspondent at ZEW with great success. The Leibniz Association acknowledged her commitment by…
